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GHENILLE ORNAMENT.

No. 858,606. Patented Mar. 1,1887.

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SAMUEL GREEN, 0F NEW YORK, N.` Y.

CHENiLLE RNAMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 358,606, dated March 1; 1887.. Application ilcd Ortoher 14, 1836. Serial No. 96,198. (Nomodel.)

T 0 all whom, it may concern,.-

Be itknown thatJ I, SAMUEL GREEN, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and uscfnl Improvements in Chenille rnaments, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved chenille ornament or iiower which is to be used in ornamenting velvets, silks, fabrics, book-covers, fancy articles, &c.

The invention consists of liowers or ornaments made of pieces of chenille,which pieces of chenille are secured by adhesive material to a suitable backing of gauze or like material, cut out to conform to the contour of thc flower or ornament.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a face view of my improved flower or ornament. Fig. 2 is a face View of the backing, and Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view through one of the strands or parts of the flower.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding paris.

The iiower or ornament is made of pieces A of chenille, which are cut in the desired lengths and fastened, by means of adhesive material, to a backing, B, ofgauze or like fab ric, or united in any other manner, said pieces of chenille being curved and shaped according to the design to be produced and grouped on the backing to produce the desired effect.

In Fig. 3 the manner of fastening the chenille on the backing is shown, that side of the chenille which is fastened by the adhesivo mate rial to the backing being iattened. The exposed surface of the chenille is rounded, the threads projecting radially from the corerof the chenille. The flowers have much body and show distinct-ly in relief.

Chenille of any color and any suitable material can be used in making the ornaments. The backing is cnt out to conform to the contour of the chenille flower or ornament.

I am aware that fiowers and ornaments have been made by cutting out plush or velvet and pasting them on a backing, and then cutting out the backing to conform to the contour of the flower. Such ornaments and flowers will not appear in relief, as they are of the same thickness throughout. The effects of' shade and shadow and the effects produced by having certain portions higher than others cannot be obtained in articles formed of plush and velvet. I am also aware that it is not new to make body iiowers or ornaments of chenille pieces having varying diameters, said pieces being secured to stems or branches; and I do not claim this, broadly.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent As a new article of manufacture, a chenille surface ornament adapted to be attached to dresses, velvets, silks, and other fabrics, consisting of a gauze or other backing cut out to conform to the contour of the desired chenille ornament, upon which backing pieces of chenille are fastened throughout their entire length by adhesive material, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

SAMUEL GREEN.

Witnesses:

BECKIE GEORGE, LAwRENoE NEWPORT.

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